Post by waratsea4 on Jun 30, 2019 21:41:47 GMT
Their are three famous P-38's
Lockheed's---P-38 Lighting; Walther's -- P-38 Semi Auto Pistol and
COL. Rohland A Isker's C-Ration can opener. Why the John Wayne?? Of all the War Pictures he made, his training
film on how to use it probably saved more servicemen than his movies.
How about its other uses; The poor mans Swiss Knife.
A screw driver for his M-1 or M-14, a uniform seam cutter, food scraper, ruler, wire stripper, box cutter, letter opener,
pencil sharpener, marking tool, tire deflator, Jeep or truck carburetor adjuster, field-expedient medical probe, flint fire starter,
and how about getting the mud off those boot souls.
All that for the cost of one cent, they say about 750 million were made during WW2 and the Korean War.
Why P-38;; It being 38 mm long and taking 38 punctures to open its meal may have something to do about it.
It ended for the military in the 80's when the MRE was introduced, production finally ended after an outdoor equipment supplier
took its last order in the 90's.
The J. W. Speaker Co. a manufacturer is said to still have about 50 thousand on hand.
Lockheed's---P-38 Lighting; Walther's -- P-38 Semi Auto Pistol and
COL. Rohland A Isker's C-Ration can opener. Why the John Wayne?? Of all the War Pictures he made, his training
film on how to use it probably saved more servicemen than his movies.
How about its other uses; The poor mans Swiss Knife.
A screw driver for his M-1 or M-14, a uniform seam cutter, food scraper, ruler, wire stripper, box cutter, letter opener,
pencil sharpener, marking tool, tire deflator, Jeep or truck carburetor adjuster, field-expedient medical probe, flint fire starter,
and how about getting the mud off those boot souls.
All that for the cost of one cent, they say about 750 million were made during WW2 and the Korean War.
Why P-38;; It being 38 mm long and taking 38 punctures to open its meal may have something to do about it.
It ended for the military in the 80's when the MRE was introduced, production finally ended after an outdoor equipment supplier
took its last order in the 90's.
The J. W. Speaker Co. a manufacturer is said to still have about 50 thousand on hand.
